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TIL that door knobs made out of brass automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours through the oligodynamic effect

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nWL8G TIL about the Dumont Network, the "Forgotten Network" that only lasted from 1940-1956. It competed with CBS and NBC, and, after the network went bankrupt, most of the network film tapes were dumped into the New York East River.
R5Rk6 TIL - An Italian man from Milan, Xu Xiangshun (his legal Chinese name) ended up in China's countryside when he was around 3 and pretty much adopted the full Chinese peasant lifestyle. He doesn't know any Italian or have a clue about its culture.
yV888 TIL the Cologne Cathedral in Germany has the “Shrine to the Three Kings” that is believed to contain the bones of the Three Wisemen who brought gifts to the newborn Jesus. They also have three crowns that they supposedly wore.
wYYE TIL every year, more police officers commit suicide than are killed by the guns of felons
Rl8j TIL George Zimmer, the owner and founder of The Men’s Wearhouse, does not background check his employees. “I don’t trust the U.S. justice system to get it right,” says Zimmer, who is himself a recovering alcoholic. “I’d rather make my own decisions, and I believe in giving people a second chance.”